The development of cars has been good in some ways and bad in others. The car has allowed for better transportation but it is also responsible for a great
deal of pollution. Which activity helps solve the pollution problem through the
use of new technology?

you did not attach the discourse, but i assume it to be the discourse on the origin and basis of inequality among men (the original titile in french is: "discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes"), also know as "second discourse". in this discourse, jean-jacques rousseau emphasizes that private property is the basis of all inequalities.

therefore, what enabled the old regime to maintain as long as it did was private property.